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Surah Yusuf, Ayah 6 (12:6)

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وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ …

Quran 12:6 is ayah 6 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 236 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:6
وَكَذَٰلِكَيَجْتَبِيكَرَبُّكَوَيُعَلِّمُكَمِنتَأْوِيلِٱلْأَحَادِيثِوَيُتِمُّنِعْمَتَهُۥعَلَيْكَوَعَلَىٰٓءَالِيَعْقُوبَكَمَآأَتَمَّهَاعَلَىٰٓأَبَوَيْكَمِنقَبْلُإِبْرَٰهِيمَوَإِسْحَٰقَ ۚإِنَّرَبَّكَعَلِيمٌحَكِيمٌ٦
wakadhālika yajtabīka rabbuka wayuʿallimuka min tawīli l-aḥādīthi wayutimmu niʿ'matahu ʿalayka waʿalā āli yaʿqūba kamā atammahā ʿalā abawayka min qablu ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa inna rabbaka ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of narratives [i.e., events or dreams] and complete His favor upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He completed it upon your fathers before, Abraham and Isaac. Indeed, your Lord is Knowing and Wise."(6)

Word by word

  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
  2. يَجْتَبِيكَyajtabīkawill choose you
  3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
  4. وَيُعَلِّمُكَwayuʿallimukaand will teach you
  5. مِنminof
  6. تَأْوِيلِtawīli(the) interpretation
  7. ٱلْأَحَادِيثِl-aḥādīthi(of) the narratives
  8. وَيُتِمُّwayutimmuand complete
  9. نِعْمَتَهُۥniʿ'matahuHis Favor
  10. عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
  11. وَعَلَىٰٓwaʿalāand on
  12. ءَالِāli(the) family
  13. يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūba(of) Yaqub
  14. كَمَآkamāas
  15. أَتَمَّهَاatammahāHe completed it
  16. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
  17. أَبَوَيْكَabawaykayour two forefathers
  18. مِنminbefore
  19. قَبْلُqablubefore
  20. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
  21. وَإِسْحَٰقَ ۚwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaac
  22. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  23. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
  24. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
  25. حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise

Tafsir (commentary) of 12:6

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Interpretation of Yusuf's Vision

Allah says that Ya`qub said to his son Yusuf, `Just as Allah chose you to see the eleven stars, the sun and the moon prostrate before you in a vision,

وَكَذلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ

(Thus will your Lord choose you) designate and assign you to be a Prophet from Him,

وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ الاٌّحَادِيثِ

(and teach you the interpretation of Ahadith).' Mujahid and several other scholars said that this part of the Ayah is in reference to the interpreting of dreams. He said next,

وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ

(and perfect His favor on you), `by His Message and revelation to you.' This is why Ya`qub said afterwards,

كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَآ عَلَى أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَهِيمَ

(as He perfected it aforetime on your fathers, Ibrahim...), Allah's intimate friend,

وَإِسْحَـقَ

(and Ishaq), Ibrahim's son,

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

(Verily, your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise.) Allah knows best whom to chose for His Messages.

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